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plate O, and having also an upward which is riveted the 4fro'ut plate E.

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Leam- Patenr irq. 106,748, dated August 23, 1870.

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The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

I, EDWARD P. WAGGONER, of Syracuse, in the county of Onondaga and State of New York, have invented certain Improvements in Skates, of which the foilowingis a; specifica-tion.

In the drawing- Figure 1 is a sectional view of the skate, attached to the heel and toe of the boot.I

Figure 2 is a top view of theiskat-e.

Figure 3 is a yside view of the skate Figure 4 is a view of the heel-plate.

Figure 5 is a view of the toe-plate.

The nature of my invention consistsin supplying ska-tes with a button or luck', to attach them to the heel-plate, a lever to turn the button, and a thumbscrew to tighten and secure the heel to the skates.'

It also consists iupattaching a plate to the sole Aof the boot at the toe, Vso constructed thatV the 'front of the skate locks into it, and securely fasteus it tothe boot.

"lo construct my invention, make the skate-runner A of any convenient form or dimensions, .h'avingthe upward .projection B, to which is riveted the back The toe-piece of the runner has a projecting point, G, by which it is locked into the toe-plate H.

. This toe-plate H is attached: to the sole I of the boot J by screws K, and has its front part L turned upward witha moi-tice, M, to receive the point G. The'i-ont plate E is so attached to the projection D projection, D, to

'plate E, so that the point G enters the mortise M in the toe-plate L. .lhen draw the skate back till the button P enters theslot V in the heel-plate S;

By the lever Q turn the button P in the heel-plate S, by which the skate is locked to the heel of the boot.:

I am aware that buttons `have been used to lock skate-runners to plates attached to boot-heels; I, therefore, do not claim that@ device as my invention.

What I claim as myinvention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is The screw O, theA lever Q, and thumb-screw R,- lcombined with the' button I and skate-runuer A, substantially as set forth, and operating with the plate S,

to fasten the skate to the heel.

' EDWARD P. WAGGONER. Witnesses:

R. F. STnvENs,

L WALRATH.l 

